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Saturday, February 12, 2011

Cocoa Powder to Color Gray Hair on Brunettes

Okay - here's my story. I am on a quest to find a hair coloring that is non-toxic and will cover gray hair. For me, covering gray hair is the hardest part - mine is very coarse and stubbornly rejects picking up color.

Mix the yogurt and the cocoa powder together in a medium sized bowl until well blended.

Add in the apple cider vinegar and the honey - blend well.

Shampoo and rinse hair (do no apply cream rinse) - then towel dry.

Spread the cocoa mixture on your hair - apply it to the roots and throughout your entire hair.

Wrap your head up with plastic wrap - use several sheets - one sheet can go mostly around the front of your hair, a second sheet for the back of your head, and a third for the crown of your head.

Wrap a towel around your head, and place another towel over your shoulders.

Leave the mixture on for 1 or more hours. I left my mixture on for 4 1/2 hours (at least it smelled very very good - it kinda made me hungry).

Rinse until the water runs clear (do not shampoo again).

Caution: when your head gets warmer, the mixture may drip onto your shoulders (or go flying out onto the floor when you bend forward!)

Pictures:

cocoa yogurt application

gray roots still show after cocoa application

Results:

My hair sure does smell like cocoa - one of the best hair coloring smells I've ever tried! The smell still lingered after rinsing. (Not too bad.) Anyway, there was just a little color deposited - you can just about see it in the after picture above. I washed my hair out the next day (it felt a little bit dirty) and the color completely came out - in fact my hair seemed a little grayer than before I started the whole cocoa process.

My Opinions:

I really liked the yogurt, vinegar and honey medium to apply colorant to my hair. I may try this again with other herbal colorants to see what happens. However, the small amount of cocoa coloring that happened to my hair was not worth the time or the effort to me.

9 comments:

I once remember when my mother put a color on her hair to cover up all the white hair she have. She uses cocoa powder as well. It so easy to apply. After she finished up, I had witnessed that it has a best result.

I believe that hair dyes might damage your hair and scalp. My grandma told me that frequent usage of this can cause poor eyesight. Natural color or our hair must be preserved and should not be ruined by using such chemicals.

Have you tried to leave it on over night?Someone told me that you can mix 50/50 shampoo and cocoa powder, and use it as a regular shampoo to make your hair generally darker, don't know how this works for covering gray hair though.

I have not left it in overnight. I think that could be very messy - but you never know, it could work. I'm not sure if the 50/50 shampoo and cocoa powder would work on it either! If you try it out, let me know your results.

I tried the cocoa powder mixed with shampoo today and it did work rather well. My hair has turned a bit more chocolatey brown and my natural blonde highlights have almost completely gone! Only thing is that every time wash my hair unless i use the shampoo/cocoa powder mixture my hair will go back to it's normal colour.

try coffee, im naturally red, still young 18, but my hair is my baby n im crazy enough to try anything..... anyway i did this scalp scrub, with coffee grinds, coco powder honey tea tree and brown sugar. the only thing wrong with it, is that is very messy and takes awhile to get the grinds out, even after i rinsed it with cold strong coffee. If you can stand having coffee grinds in your hair give it ago, might take awhile, but worth a try. :)

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My name is Michelle W. and I have plenty of life experience using natural products for myself, my family, my pets and in my home. I have had experience working in a health food store and I am certified as an Herbal Information Specialist from the American Botanical Council.